Device for dispensing lubricating oil



July 5, 1938. I M. M. SEDWICK'ET AL 2,122,540

' DEVICE FOR DISPENSING LUBRICATING OIL Filed March 50, 1934 3 Sheets-Sheet l L31 M. X W i Elk/W m Sum/MS July 5,, 1938. M. M. SEDWICKET AL 2,122,540

DEVICE FOR DISPENSING LUBRICATING OiL Filed March 30, 1934 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 July'5, 1938. M. M. S EDWICK ET AL r 2,122,540

\ DEVICE FOR DI SPENS ING LUBRI CATING OIL Filed March so, 1934 s sheets-sheet s Patented July 5, 1938 UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE DEVICE ron DISPEShITISING LUBRICATING Matthew M. Sedwick, Syracuse, and Hank J. OBrien, Pelham Manor, N. Y., assignors to Continental Can Company, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application March 30, 1934, Serial No. 718,303

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in a device for dispensing lubricating oil. It is a common expedient to package liquid products in hermetically sealed metal. containers consisting of a body portion with ends double seamed thereto. Lubricating oil is being put out by the original producers inv sealed containers and sold at filling stations where they are opened in the presence of the customers. Various devices have been provided for opening the container for the dispensing of the lubricating oil. The

opening is usually formed in the end wall of the container. Unscrupulous dealers have made a practice of utilizing the empty containers from which the oilhas been dispensed for-packaging inferior, grades of oils and selling the same under the trade name on the empty containers. This is accomplished by cutting the container body just below the double seam which joins the end.

to the body, after which the container body is flanged and filled and a new end double seamed thereto.

An object of the present invention is to provide a dispensing device for containers wherein the opening through which the oil is dispensed is formed in the side wall oi? the container so that the container is rendered unfit for re-use in the manner above described.

In the drawings which show by way of illustration one embodiment of the invention.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a dispensing device showing the same as initially applied to a container preparatory to the forming of an opening in the side wall thereof Fig. 2 is a similar view of a portion of the dispensing device, but showing the same fully applied to the container and the opening formed through which the liquid is to be dispensed;

Fig. 3 is a view showing the dispensing device with the container therein inverted and positioned for dispensing the oil into the crank chamber of an engine; Fig. 4 is a plan view of the dispensing device; Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of '45 Fig. 1. and

Fig. 6 is a view of a container opened by a dispensing device.

The container in which the oil is marketed, as shown in the drawings,- consists of a body portion I to which end portions 2 and 3 are secured by double seaming as indicated at 4. The dispensing device embodying the present invention is so constructed that the opening through which the oil or liquid content of the container is dispensed is formed in the side wall of the body portion of the container. This opening is formed by a cutter which pnetrates the side wall close to the double seam at the point a, and cuts the side wall along the lines a, b, thence along the lines I), c, rolling inwardly and backwardly the metal as indicated at d. This dispensing opening lies close to the end 3 and permits all oi. the liquid content to be dispensed from the container through the opening.

The dispensing device for forming the open- 10 ing in the side wall of the container includes a body portion 5 having a handle 6. Located at one side of the body portion is a spout I which inclines away from the handle. The body portion of this oil dispensing device is rectangular at the open side thereof. Said body portion consists of side walls 8, 8 and end walls 9; 9/ The handle 6 is attached to one of these end walls 9. Extending lengthwise of the end wall 9 adjacent the handle is a supporting rib or ledge Ill. At the other end wall 9 of the body there is a supporting ledge H.

During the placing of the container in the dispensing device, the opening in the side wall thereof is formed. A cutter I2 is provided for this purpose. Said cutter consists of a shank member I3 which is secured by screws i4, it to the end wall 3 adjacent the handle. Said shank member extends outwardly along the end wall, but is spaced therefrom the width of the seat or ledge iii. The width of this seat or ledge i0 is the width of the double seam joining the container end to the body thereof. The outer end of this shank member I3 is curved laterally and terminates in a piercing point l5 which is spaced away from the end wall 9 of the body portion of the dispensing device. The shank member l3 also carries downwardly and laterally extending arms l6, l6, each of which is provided with a cutting edge i'l. There are cutting edges at each side of the shank member I3 leading from the piercing point into the cutting edges i1, i1, re-' spectively. The end wall 9 adjacent the handle is provided with a gauge block i8 which projects inwardly and overhangs the end wall 9. This gauge block is substantially in alinement with the outer face of the shank member I3 01' the cutter, and is spaced away from the piercing point the width of the double seam.

When it is desired to open a container, it is placed in the chamber formed in the body portion and the double seam 2 brought into contact with the supporting ledge ii, while the opposite end of the container rests against the gauge block l8. This will cause the point 15 of the v not cutter to contact with the body wall adjacent the double seam E. The outer face of the cutter is curved substantially about a center at the ledge II, and therefore, when pressure isapplied against the container to force ,it-on to the cutter, or against the cutter to force it into the container, the cutter will penetrate the body wall close to the double seam and will cut the body wall along lines leading away from the double seam. When the container is fully seated in the dispensing device, this gauge block I 8 contacts with the end wall of the container and helps to hold it firmly in place during the dispensing of the' oil from the container, but at the some time, it permits the container to be readily removed or disconnected from the dispensing device.

The penetrating point I of the cutter enters the body wall of the container at the point a, and the cutting edges on the shank member it of the cutter will sever the metal along the lines w-b. The cutting edges on the arms of thecutter will sever the metal along the lines b -c, and it is the arms which roll the metal d between the severed lines inwardly and backwardly away from the opening, so-as to form a free dispensing opening.

In the applying of the dispensing device to the container, the container may be laid on its side on a solid foundation and then the dispensing device inverted and lowered on to the same so as to bring the double seem 2 into contact with the ledge Hand the container body into contact with the piercing point of the cutter. Pressure is then applied to force the cutter into the body 'wall for the cutting of the same. The container may, howevenbe placed in the dispensing device while in upright position and forced down on to the cutter. There is sufiicient frictional grip between the dispensing device and the container to aid holding the parts assembled and the operator canreadily reach the container and in holding the same in the dispensing device as the dispensing device is lifted and inverted for the discharging of the oil from the container into the body portion of the dispensing device and from said body portion through the spout 1 to the chamber where it is to be used. It is sometimes desirable to stop the flow of oil from the dispensing device, and here is shown in the present embodiment of the invention, a valve mechanism for controlling the flow of oil from said dispensing device. At the inner end of the spout there is a valve seat IS with which a valve 20 makes contact. $aid valve 20 is carried by a stem 2| which is pivoted at 22 to a lever 23. This lever 23 is mounted on a fulcrum rod 24 which in turn is mounted in the side walls 8, 8 of the body portion of the dispensing device. end wall 9 adjacent the cutter is an extension 25 which carries the handle 6. Said extension 25 is an integral part of the bodyportion of the dispensing device. with a chamber 23 into which the lever 23 extends. 'Said extension is also provided with a recess 21. recess 21 and is pivoted at 29 to the lever 23. This rod at its upper end carries a sleeve 30 formed with a button 3| at its upper end, and with a recess 32 beneath the button, providing a shoulder 33. There is a spring 34 located inrod 28 freely moves. When the button is re- Centrally of the Said extension is provided A rod 28 extends lengthwise of this an opening in which the leased, the spring will swing the lever 23 so as to seat the valve. The valve guided by lugs 36, 36 in its movements. When the button 3| is forced inward, then the valve is unseated, and the oil will fio's freely in between these lugs 35 and through the opening into the spout. If. it is desired to hold the valve raised, the rod 23 is moved laterally so that theshoulder 33 will catch beneath the inner end of the gauge block l8. It can readily be released by a lateral movement from said gauge block, and then the spring will close the valve. This valve mechanism for controlling the flow of oil from the dispensing device may completely dispensed with, if desired. The operator after having placed the dispensing device on the container so as to form the opening in the body Wall thereof, may lift the dispensing device and container as a unit in such a way that the spout can be inserted in the pipe leading to the chamber where the oil is to be used before the flow of oil from the opening reaches the end of the spout. From certain aspects of the invention, however, it is preferable to provide a valve mechanism for controlling the fiow of oil, so that the oil may be held in the body portion of the dispensing device until the spout is placed in a position .whereit is desired to dispense the oil. The body portion of the dispensing device is of sufficient capacity so as to receive the oil from the container without causing the oil to contact with the wall of the container which is being emptied, thus there is no' oil wasted by adhering to the outside of the container.

it is obvieus that minor changes in the details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims. 7

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as .new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An oii dispensing device comprising a body portion open at one side thereof and having a 2. An oil dispensing device comprising a body' portion open at one side thereof and havingaspout extending from the opposite side of said body portion, means for supporting a container in said body portion with its longitudinal axis extending across said body portion and so that a plane containing'the outer edges of the body portion passes substantially through the center of the container, and a cutter located in said body portion and having a piercing point disposed relative to the support for .the container so as to pierce the side wall of the container body adjacent the end seam, said cutter having cutting edges inclined and diverging away from said piercing point for cutting the body wall of the container along diverging lines and for rolling the metai between said lines into the container body so as to form an oil dispensing opening ins-aid wall.

3. An oil dispensing device comprising a body portion having a spout connected thereto, means for supporting a container in said body portion I said body portion and support being shaped and with its longitudinal axis extending across said body portion, acutter located in said body portion and having a piercing point disposed relative to the support so. as to pierce the side wall of the container body adjacent the end seam for forming a dispensing opening therein, a valve for controlling the flow of liquid from the body portion of the dispensing device through said spout, and means whereby said valve may be opened and closed at will.

4. An oil dispensing device comprising a body portion having an open side, a handle attached to said bodyportion, a spout connected to the body portion at the side opposite the opening, a support within said body portion for a container,

positioned so that the container placed in said body portion and restingon said support will have I a portion thereof projecting from said body portion, a cutter located within said body portion and having a piercing point disposed relative to the support so as to pierce the side wall of the container body adjacent the end seam 'for forming a dispensing opening therethrough, a valve for controlling the flow of the liquid from the body portion of the container through said spout, a lever attached to said valve, and an operating means attached to said lever and disposed adjacent said handle whereby said levermay be manipulated for controlling the valve.

5. An oil dispensing device comprising a body portion having an open side, a handle attached to said body portion, a spout connected to the body portion at the side opposite the opening, a support within said body portion for a container,

said body portion and support being shaped and positioned so that the container placed in said body portion and resting on said support will have a portion thereof projecting from said body portion, a cutter located within said body portion and having a piercing point disposed relative to the support so as to pierce the side wall of the container body adjacent the end seam for forming a dispensing opening therethrough, a valve for controlling the flow of the liquid from the body portion of the container through said spout, a lever attached to said valve, an operating means attached to said lever and disposed adjacent said handle whereby said lever may be manipulated for controlling the valve, a spring for closing the valve, and a latch associated with said operating means for releasably holding said valve in open position.

6. An oil dispensing device comprising a body portion having a spout connected thereto, means within the body portion for supporting a container, a cutter located'in said body portion of the dispensing device and having a piercing point for penetrating and forming an opening in the side wall of the container, a valve at the inner end of the spout for controlling the flow of liquid from the body portion of the dispensing device through said spout, said supporting means for the container being disposed relative to said valve so as to provide sufficient capacity within the dispensing device for the oil emptied from the container whereby the oil is out of contact with the outer face of the container.

MATTHEW M. SEDWICK. FRANK J. OBREN. 

